Flip Maker

Austin: What do you mean by any of that? You said nothing there and what’s most upsetting about that is you say DC can’t win and no matter what they do people wlll be upset and you’re saying this about a cover that depicts the decapitation of a woman? And it surprises you people could be upset because …?

“Austin: What do you mean by any of that? You said nothing there and what’s most upsetting about that is you say DC can’t win and no matter what they do people wlll be upset and you’re saying this about a cover that depicts the decapitation of a woman? And it surprises you people could be upset because …?”

@Flip Maker

My point was that the internet is in upheaval right now regarding the reboot/day-and-date digital releases, specifically referring to the negative reactions the company is garnering, and that DC has given plenty of people the opportunity to believe it’s “cool” to hate them right now. After thinking this, I realized it’s mostly always been that way, not only with DC, but with Marvel as well.

This cover – which is completely capable of upsetting someone – seems to be one more thing to focus on negatively. That’s fine. It depicts a decapitated woman, I get it. I am in no way surprised by feelings of discomfort or repulsion.

It does not surprise me that DC would want to bring in new readers. Maybe I should’ve typed all of this before, but I didn’t have you to help me. Thanks!

Irwin Schwab

EJ

Nothing, what i’d like to know is what is wrong with comic fans that has turned them into a whinny and oversensetive bunch of crybabies over these past few years?.

As usual count me in on the group of fans who doesn’t look for things that aren’t there in my comics and takes things like this for what they are, but i’m sure it won’t take long for someone on some website to rant against DC. Reaching to make all sorts of ridiculous claims and grasping at straws for things that prove their hypothesis, this is even sillier than the Flashpoint Map nonsense seriously some of you need to find new hobbies.

dnwilliams

Man, that doesn’t hold a candle to Crime SuspenStories #22. Johnny Craig’s composition doesn’t actually show a decapitated body. Look at it again and you’ll see the body on the floor and the head’s neck both dip below the cover’s edge so you can’t be sure the head belongs to the body. And the ax is dripping with a black splattered substance but you can’t be sure it’s blood. All the horror is put together in your head and not stated in the image. Craig makes you complicit in the murder of that woman.

This cover has no art or craft, just Wonder Woman and a decapitated head.

Mera is dead, Superman is potentially getting together with Wonder Woman …. this clearly opens the door for Aquaman hooking up with Lois Lane. Unless Grayson gets there first since the guy will apparently hit anything in a skirt.

JRVScience

EJ

“@EJ: You must be new to the comics scene. I’m pretty sure comics fans especially have always been whiny and oversensitive.

Not in this case, though. If you think that we’re being whiny and oversensitive here, you’ve been hanging out at all the right message boards and forums.”

My comment was more in general, I visit tons of blogs, mb’s and sites and sometimes they all blend in together with how much bs I read and hear. It seems that there is just a section of the fanbase that wants to look for things that aren’t there and want to use examples like that cover for their own ridiculous crusades. The most messed up thing is that they basically make people deaf to any real concerns with the topics that they supposedly care about because it’s like the boy who cried wolfe, you keep screaming racism and sexism at every turn you lose all credibility on the subjects.

Joe

Everyone knows DC Comics is in deep and desperate need of new readers. It’s the whole point of their line wide relaunch.

Curious.

Who do they think this turd of a cover will appeal to?

Oh, its the retailer incentive cover, the one new readers ‘won’t’ see. So, it’s for the regular readers, the ones they no longer want to appeal to anymore.

And if that’s the case, take a bow.

Good job.

PS. If publishers truly want to know why they have such a hard time gaining new readers, take a good look at that cover, there’s your answer. Truly, it’s a shame stupidity can’t be converted to a usuable energy resource.

DC Comics would rule the world.

Other Chris

Sijo

What bothers me about this is that it’s more proof of Johns obsession with death – and since he’s now in control of the DC Universe, we’ll continue to see this stuff even after the big post-Flashpoint reboot.